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SIR PIERRE



                     VAN RYNEVELD




                               FATHER OF THE SOUTH

                                  AFRICAN AIR FORCE


                                                BY NICOLE ZERWICK






















































                                Legendary: Pierre van Ryneveld, left,
                                and Quintin Brand with the Vickers Vimy
                                biplane in which they flew from London to
                                Cape town in 1920, thus establishing the
                                air route across Africa




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